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These are the main and secondary characters who appear in the ''[[~~Clannad (Visual Novel)|~~Clannad]]'' [[Anime]] and [[Visual Novel]].

These are the main and secondary characters who appear in the ''[[Clannad]]'' [[Anime]] and [[Visual Novel]].

Beware of '''SPOILERS'''.

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* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Depending on the lighting, he often has [[Blue Eyes]] and [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue hair]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* {{spoiler|[[Death By Despair]]}}: [[Jossed]]/[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in the [[Grand Finale]].

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Despair]]}}: [[Jossed]]/[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] in the [[Grand Finale]].

* [[Delinquents]]: He periodically attempts to reform, under the influence of Nagisa (in the main series) or Tomoyo (in the [[Alternate Universe|Tomoyo arc]]).

* [[Expy]]: In the manga....he looks suspiciously like [[Fullmetal Alchemist|Roy Mustang]]

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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Or whatever color Nagisa's hair is. Let's go with "red". Note that the other major character with let's-call-it-red hair is Sanae, Nagisa's mother -- who just happens to be the only character in the entire series who can ''really'' bring out Nagisa's [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] side.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|After Nagisa's death, Tomoya falls into such a deep and long-lasting depression that he essentially ignores his own daughter -- ''for five years''. Fortunately, Akio and especially Samae were around to pick up the slack -- and also to coax Tomoya back to life.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Two Words Obvious Trope|Four Words]]: '''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 ~~(Anime)~~|GUNDAM I LOVE YOU!!!]]'''

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Four Words]]: '''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|GUNDAM I LOVE YOU!!!]]'''

** Get too many bad endings, and he may start thinking that [[Blaz Blue|this world is filled with nothing but lies, and would rather show them the truth of despair]].

** [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai ~~(Light Novel)~~|His wife can't be this cute...]]

** [[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai|His wife can't be this cute...]]

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Dad]]: In the continuities where he ends up with Nagisa.}}

* [[Imagine Spot]]: Many and varied.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Described once or twice as a nice person with a bad mouth.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Described once or twice as a nice person with a bad mouth.

** He is not above pulling pranks on those same people he seriously cares about. This could be his way of making them feel comfortable amidst their problems.

** In the 2006 movie by Toei, Tomoya is a much bigger jerk than in the reboot by [[Kyoto Animation]]. (At least in the beginning of the movie. As the movie goes along, his personality tends to get overwhelmed as the movie struggles to cram as much plot into ninety minutes as it can.)

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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Tomoya's father neglects him to forget the pain of losing his wife. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, like father like son.}}

** [[Jossed]] / [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] -- see [[Generation Xerox]], above.

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Tomoya and Nagisa were [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ~~Strikers~~|Vice and Teana.]]

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Tomoya and Nagisa were [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Vice and Teana.]]

** [[Fairy Tail|Gray and Juvia]] also.

** As part of a future [[Casting Gag]], he and Tomoyo are now [[Super Robot Wars Destiny|Joshua Radcliff and Cliana Rimskaya]].

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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Mai Nakahara]] (JP), [[Luci Christian]] (EN)}}

Nagisa is the main heroine of [[~~Clannad (Visual Novel)|~~Clannad]]. A [[Shrinking Violet|shy girl]] lacking in confidence, she meets Tomoya when she pauses (amid a sea of [[Cherry Blossoms]]) at the bottom of the hill, struggling to bring herself to continue on her way to school. Tomoya gives her some encouragement and eventually assists her in her dream of reestablishing the Drama Club.

Nagisa is the main heroine of [[Clannad]]. A [[Shrinking Violet|shy girl]] lacking in confidence, she meets Tomoya when she pauses (amid a sea of [[Cherry Blossoms]]) at the bottom of the hill, struggling to bring herself to continue on her way to school. Tomoya gives her some encouragement and eventually assists her in her dream of reestablishing the Drama Club.

Later becomes {{spoiler|Tomoya's wife and mother to Ushio}}.

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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: A mild example by the standards of the franchise. But only by those standards.

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Her hair is auburn/red/amber, and her eyes are also amber.

* {{spoiler|[[Death By Childbirth]]}}: [[Subverted]] in the [[Grand Finale]] and in the [[Visual Novel|Visual Novel's]] True End.

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Childbirth]]}}: [[Subverted]] in the [[Grand Finale]] and in the [[Visual Novel|Visual Novel's]] True End.

* [[Expy]]: Her detractors call her "the [[Kanon|Shiori]] clone".

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Waifu.

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* {{spoiler|[[Happily Married]]: With Tomoya.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Housewife]]: Tomoya's.}}

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: ''Hauu!~ Omochikaeri!!'' and ''USO DA!!''. Yep, she's Rena Ryuugu from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni]]''.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: ''Hauu!~ Omochikaeri!!'' and ''USO DA!!''. Yep, she's Rena Ryuugu from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''.

** Also smoking hot redhead [[Mai ~~Hi ME~~|Mai Tokiha]] and [[Young Gun]] [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ~~Strikers~~|Teana]].

** Also smoking hot redhead [[Mai-HiME|Mai Tokiha]] and [[Young Gun]] [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Teana]].

** She is also [[Fairy Tail|Juvia Loxar]].

** On the dub side..."[[Princess Tutu|Quack!]]"

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** Note that this [[Catgirl]] hairstyle is commonplace among girls in the ''[[Kanon]]'' franchise.

** The [[Image Board]] tag for this is "Hair Intake" (looking like hood scoops on a muscle car).

* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|Played with]], in the scene where she and Tomoya are accidentally locked in the gym locker together.

* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]], in the scene where she and Tomoya are accidentally locked in the gym locker together.

* [[Badass Adorable]]: OK, she isn't quite on Tomoyo's level, but she can throw books pretty hard, got some killer kick, and can play basketball as much as Tomoya and Sunohara.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

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** She also would try to run Tomoya over with her bike on purpose.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Bold [[Action Girl]]-[[Genki Girl]]-[[Tsundere]] combo though she is, she loses courage when it comes to admitting her feelings for Tomoya. She does her best to hide them even from her sister Ryou, and instead channels them into [[Playing Cyrano]].

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: In character design, of ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)|~~Lucky Star]]'''s Kagami Hiiragi. Both are [[Tsundere|Tsunderes]], both have long, purple hair, both have shy, quiet twins. The kanji for their personal names are also the same. (This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Konata at one point in the the ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)|~~Lucky Star]]'' [[Anime]], and by Tsukasa and Konata in the [[Manga]].)

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: In character design, of ''[[Lucky Star]]'''s Kagami Hiiragi. Both are [[Tsundere|Tsunderes]], both have long, purple hair, both have shy, quiet twins. The kanji for their personal names are also the same. (This was [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] by Konata at one point in the the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' [[Anime]], and by Tsukasa and Konata in the [[Manga]].)

** Note that ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)|~~Lucky Star]]'' [[Manga]] began in January 2004, and the first installment of the [[Visual Novel]] was released not much later (although the full game was not released until that summer), so it's not exactly self-evident who was copying whom, or how.

** Note that ''[[Lucky Star]]'' [[Manga]] began in January 2004, and the first installment of the [[Visual Novel]] was released not much later (although the full game was not released until that summer), so it's not exactly self-evident who was copying whom, or how.

** While Kyou ''looks'' eerily like [[Lucky Star ~~(Anime)~~|Kagami Hiiragi]], in temperament, she's Kagami crossed with hefty doses of [[~~Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|~~Haruhi Suzumiya]] and some of [[Haruhi Suzumiya ~~(Light Novel)~~|Tsuruya]]'s less pleasant personality traits. She also has Tsuruya's [[Genki Girl|boisterous laugh]].

** While Kyou ''looks'' eerily like [[Lucky Star|Kagami Hiiragi]], in temperament, she's Kagami crossed with hefty doses of [[Haruhi Suzumiya]] and some of [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Tsuruya]]'s less pleasant personality traits. She also has Tsuruya's [[Genki Girl|boisterous laugh]].

* [[Catgirl]]: Not literally -- but see [[Anime Hair]]. It's also in keeping with her kittenish personality.

* [[Class Representative]]: Her junior year and again her senior year. Not just a literal example, but also fits the temperament for the trope.

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* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Her eyes glow [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|firepoker red]] when she's irate. [[Tsundere|Which is a lot of the time.]] Sometimes she gets [[Hidden Eyes]] instead.

* [[Hair Decorations]]

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Her [[Seiyuu]] [[Ryo Hirohashi]] plays Konata in the ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)|~~Lucky Star]]'' drama CDs. Which is an interesting choice, given all the cross-references between the two shows -- especially with Kyou and Ryou versus Kagami and Tsukasa.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Her [[Seiyuu]] [[Ryo Hirohashi]] plays Konata in the ''[[Lucky Star]]'' drama CDs. Which is an interesting choice, given all the cross-references between the two shows -- especially with Kyou and Ryou versus Kagami and Tsukasa.

* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Similar to [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]], above. Except sometimes her [[Hidden Eyes]] instead indicate embarrassment, shame, or even -- in at least [[Alternate Universe|one memorable instance]] -- abject supplication.

* {{spoiler|[[Hot Teacher]]: In ''After Story'', she works as a Kindergarten teacher and teaches Nagisa and Tomoya's child Ushio.}}

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* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Not nearly as much as her twin sister Ryou, or Tomoyo, or Kotomi. Nevertheless, once Kyou finally admits to herself that she and Ryou have both lost any hope of winning Tomoya's heart, after a good cry, she goes back to normal and remains friends not just with Tomoya but with Nagisa. (It's worth noting that Tomoyo has probably had a crush on Tomoya for just a few weeks, whereas Kyou and Ryou have been interested in him for probably well over a year, so it's natural that Tomoyo would recover more fully more quickly. {{spoiler|Poor Kotomi had silently loved Tomoya for most of her life.}}

** Her route in the [[Visual Novel]] (and the OVA that's based on the route) is an active [[Deconstruction]] of this.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Rather than an actual tsundere, she basically treats ''everyone'' with the same abrasive attitude.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Rather than an actual tsundere, she basically treats ''everyone'' with the same abrasive attitude.

* [[Matchmaker Crush]]: Has had a crush on Tomoya for a year or so, but was too scared of ruining the friendship to act on it. Ryou went to her for help on trying to get along with Tomoya. [[Sibling Triangle|What this develops into is hardly a surprise.]]

* [[Megaton Punch|Megaton Kick]]/[[Kick Chick]]

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* [[Purple Eyes]]: Bright purple. [[Curtains Match the Window|Like her hair.]]

** See also [[The Danza]].

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: Though she shows interest in Tomoya herself, she spends a lot of time trying to get him together with Ryou. {{spoiler|at least until she realizes that Tomoya has already chosen Nagisa.}}

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Though she shows interest in Tomoya herself, she spends a lot of time trying to get him together with Ryou. {{spoiler|at least until she realizes that Tomoya has already chosen Nagisa.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: With plenty of characters -- and a few [[Team Pet|animals]] -- but most of all with Tomoya.

{{quote| '''Kyou:''' (coyly) We're alone now. So ... what do you want to do?<br />

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* [[Bookworm]]: All her favorite friends are books. (Well, at least until she re-meets Tomoya.)

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: She constantly skips classes to read in the library, but is still the top scorer in every exam. She is also scouted for overseas study.

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Cannot Make A Tsukkomi. She also makes terrible puns and her other attempts at gags also make no sense, including one [[Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|where she points her right index finger at her left elbow, says 'it bends here!' and bends her elbow.]]

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Cannot Make A Tsukkomi. She also makes terrible puns and her other attempts at gags also make no sense, including one [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|where she points her right index finger at her left elbow, says 'it bends here!' and bends her elbow.]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: When we first meet her, she's so much in her own dream-world that she doesn't even ''notice'' other people trying to talk to her -- unless that person is Tomoya and he remembers to address her as Kotomi-chan. She gets better -- somewhat -- with a lot of help from Tomoya and the gang.

* [[Cool Car]]: She's seen driving one in ''After Story'' wearing [[Cool Shades]].

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* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her trademark beads.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Same as [[Freak-Out]], above.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Mamiko Noto]]. Beyond everything, she is [[School Rumble|Yakumo Tsukamoto]], [[Girls Bravo ~~(Manga)~~|Yukinari]], and [[Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu|Haruka Nogizaka]]. Oh, and [[Shakugan no Shana|Hecate]].

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: She clearly loves Tomoya -- in fact, of all the girls in the series, [[Forgotten Childhood Friend|she's loved him by far longest]] -- but she definitely doesn't fight to get him.

* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]

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* [[Delinquents]]: Trying to remake her image for her to be able to become the [[Student Council President]].

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: She has quite the devoted fan club.

* [[Everything's Worse ~~With~~ Bears]]: Well for Sunohara only.

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Well for Sunohara only.

* [[Godiva Hair]]

* {{spoiler|[[Her Heart Will Go On]]}}: In the [[Gaiden Game]] sequel to her route ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life'', in which {{spoiler|Tomoya dies}}.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Houko Kuwashima]]. She's the tomboyish jock Kagura from ''[[~~Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|~~Azumanga Daioh]]''.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Houko Kuwashima]]. She's the tomboyish jock Kagura from ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''.

** And also [[Badass Adorable|Badass]] [[The Woobie|Woobie]] par excellence Kirika Yuumura from ''[[Noir]]''.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Subtler than most of the other girls in the series, but she ''does'' wear a headband that earns the occasional comment (usually from Youhei).

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* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: A little bit, with Tomoya.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]

* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}: According to the [[Clannad ~~(Visual Novel)~~/WMG|WMG page]].

* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]}}: According to the [[Clannad/WMG|WMG page]].

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: She ought to be way too old to fit the trope. But she certainly [[Older Than They Look|looks]] and [[Bratty Half-Pint|acts]] like a child.

* [[Class Representative]]: Not in temperament; she's just given the title. And it's not even for a real class.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: We lost you for a minute there. Are you back now? No? [[Running Gag|Time to get the drinkbox]].

* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: Is mistaken for one. {{spoiler|She's not far off.}}

* [[Cuteness Overload]]: Periodically goes into lapses of this when exposed to starfish {{spoiler|and Ushio}}, prompting Tomoya to squirt fruit juice up her nose to snap her out of it...and [[For the Lulz~~|for the lulz~~]].

* [[Cuteness Overload]]: Periodically goes into lapses of this when exposed to starfish {{spoiler|and Ushio}}, prompting Tomoya to squirt fruit juice up her nose to snap her out of it...and [[For the Lulz]].

* [[Drop in Character]]: In the anime, after her arc, she magically reappears in short cameos here and there to foreshadow what will happen at the end of the series, and the main page of this show explains that it's also [[All There in the Manual]].

* [[Expy]]: Plot-wise, she is an [[Expy]] of [[Kanon|Ayu Tsukimiya]].

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Ill Girl]]: {{spoiler|She's actually ''comatose'', and the Fuko we meet is a sort-of astral projection}}.

* [[I'm Taking Her Home ~~With~~ Me]]: Fuko says she wants to do this to {{spoiler|little Ushio-chan, Tomoya's daughter}}, to be her little sister. (Not only ''says'' this, but keeps trying to kidnap her.)

* [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me]]: Fuko says she wants to do this to {{spoiler|little Ushio-chan, Tomoya's daughter}}, to be her little sister. (Not only ''says'' this, but keeps trying to kidnap her.)

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: She's definitely prickly and temperamental.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She's definitely prickly and temperamental.

** [[Jerkass Woobie]]: But you still can't help but at least feel sorry for her.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her big purple hair ribbon.

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* [[Mood Swinger]]

* [[Older Than They Look]]: When she shows up in ''~After Story~'', she's as old as Tomoya (about twenty-five) but still looks like a grade schooler (and [[Adult Child|acts even younger]]).

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Fuko vs. Fuuko. Although the former is used in the opening credits, some prefer to use the latter due to wanting to stick with one romanization system. <ref>"Kyo" and "Fuko" would be written with bars over the o and u respectively, or with no bars at all in one system. In the second system, the girls names would be spelled like "Kyou" and "Fuuko."</ref>

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Fuko vs. Fuuko. Although the former is used in the opening credits, some prefer to use the latter due to wanting to stick with one romanization system. <ref>"Kyo" and "Fuko" would be written with bars over the o and u respectively, or with no bars at all in one system. In the second system, the girls names would be spelled like "Kyou" and "Fuuko."</ref>

* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Amber or gold.

* [[Third Person Person]]

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* [[Blue Eyes]]: An exception to the franchise's [[Curtains Match the Window]] rule. This simultaneously differentiates her from her [[Polar Opposite Twins|twin Kyou]] and serves as a shorthand to the audience that [[Demoted to Extra|Ryou's the one who's merely the sidekick]].

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Her feelings toward Tomoya. Even with the abundant help of her twin sister Kyou, she never actually manages to make a confession in the [[Anime]]. (Well, at least, not in the movie, nor in the main series, although she does manage in an [[Alternate Universe]] OVA.)

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[Lucky Star ~~(Anime)~~|Tsukasa Hiiragi]], and by extension, of [[To Heart|Akari Kamigishi]]. Note that her boyfriend in the [[Visual Novel]], {{spoiler|Kappei}}, has Hiiragi as his surname. [[Epileptic Trees]], anyone?

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Of [[Lucky Star|Tsukasa Hiiragi]], and by extension, of [[To Heart|Akari Kamigishi]]. Note that her boyfriend in the [[Visual Novel]], {{spoiler|Kappei}}, has Hiiragi as his surname. [[Epileptic Trees]], anyone?

* [[Catgirl]]: Her hair has cat ear-like waves in it (as does her sister Kyou's). See also [[Anime Hair]], above.

* [[Class Representative]]: On a literal level (at least her senior year). But '''not''' in temperament, as she's a [[The Messiah|sweet]] [[Shrinking Violet]] who only nags people because, well, she's stuck with the job of [[Class Representative]]. Evidently she was assigned the job at random.

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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Think [[Da Capo|Miharu Amakase]], only extremely timid.

** In the dub's case, just try and take it seriously with Ayu Tsukimiya from [[Kanon]]'s voice coming from Ryou.

*** It's more jarring to hear [[Pani Poni Dash|Himeko Katagiri]]'s voice from Ryou when it comes to the dub.

*** It's more jarring to hear [[Pani Poni Dash!|Himeko Katagiri]]'s voice from Ryou when it comes to the dub.

* {{spoiler|[[Hospital Hottie]]: [[Hello, Nurse!]] Ryou!}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: At least in the [[Anime]] series. Not that she ever really seems to hold much hope for winning Tomoya's heart; she often seems to be going through the motions in order to appease her [[Tsundere|more forceful]] sister.

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** It is explained in an extra episode in After Story that Kyou insisted on Tomoya to call her by her first name when they first met.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: She's just really bad at cooking. Known to cause unconsciousness in small animals.

** In the anime, that was just one dish. Everyone seems to like the rest of her food -- although she's not as skilled a cook as her sister Kyou. (An interesting reversal of the [[Expy|roles of Tsukasa and Kagami]] on ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)|~~Lucky Star]]''.)

** In the anime, that was just one dish. Everyone seems to like the rest of her food -- although she's not as skilled a cook as her sister Kyou. (An interesting reversal of the [[Expy|roles of Tsukasa and Kagami]] on ''[[Lucky Star]]''.)

** Ryou starts out a horrible chef but does her best to get better {{spoiler|so that she can be more like Kyou, whom Tomoya likes more.}} She gets close enough to her sister in skill that Tomoya is very much reminded of Kyou -- but she never quite matches her.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in the case of her and her twin Kyou.

* [[Polar Oppsite Twins]]: With her twin sister Kyou. Goes with being the [[Captain Ersatz]] of Of [[Lucky Star ~~(Anime)~~|Tsukasa Hiiragi]].

* [[Polar Oppsite Twins]]: With her twin sister Kyou. Goes with being the [[Captain Ersatz]] of Of [[Lucky Star|Tsukasa Hiiragi]].

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Which makes her role as [[Class Representative]] more difficult.

* [[Sibling Triangle]]: With Kyou.

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* [[Hair of Gold]]: [[Justified]] in that he dyed it when he joined the soccer team and {{spoiler|became a self-absorbed [[Jerk Jock]]}}. His natural hair color is dark.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Seems to have been this with Tomoya -- until Nagisa and the [[Unwanted Harem|Half-wanted Harem]] appear on the scene.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He is [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam ~~(Anime)~~|Uso Ewin]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He is [[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Uso Ewin]].

* [[Jerkass]]: At times. The closest thing the series has, among all the major characters.

* [[Jerk Jock]]: Used to be one. Now gets beaten up by them.

** His on screen beatings are only for comic relief purposes, the only serious one was during a flashback with him quitting the soccer club, aside from all that he's hardly the wimp puching bag, it's quite the contrary back when he and Tomoya weren't such good friends they were actually feared, when they became partners they also became more of a pranksters duo than real delinquents. This change of habits still didn't turn him into a target of other Jocks.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Borders on [[Jerkass]] at times in the [[Visual Novel]], but he almost immediately pays for his actions, either by one of Tomoya's pranks, or by Tomoyo or Kyou.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Borders on [[Jerkass]] at times in the [[Visual Novel]], but he almost immediately pays for his actions, either by one of Tomoya's pranks, or by Tomoyo or Kyou.

* [[Last-Name Basis]]: With most everybody, except Kyou and Nagisa, and even then he starts calling them by their first names once he gets to know them (Kotomi, Tomoyo).

* [[Likes Older Women]]: '''Still''' in love with Sanae (Nagisa's mom) even after her husband Akio chased him off with a baseball bat.

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* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Mei.

* [[Ted Baxter]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]: He's only one guy, and the other guy he hangs out with is [[The Hero]], so he's really a sidekick rather than an example of this trope. Nevertheless, worth mentioning because he's such a [[Captain Ersatz]] fusion of [[Those Two Guys]] from [[~~Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|~~Haruhi Suzumiya]]. (Note: this is true only in the tv series; in [[The Movie]], he's more of a standard best friend/sidekick.)

* [[Those Two Guys]]: He's only one guy, and the other guy he hangs out with is [[The Hero]], so he's really a sidekick rather than an example of this trope. Nevertheless, worth mentioning because he's such a [[Captain Ersatz]] fusion of [[Those Two Guys]] from [[Haruhi Suzumiya]]. (Note: this is true only in the tv series; in [[The Movie]], he's more of a standard best friend/sidekick.)

* [[Tragic Dream]]: Wanted to be a soccer player. Bad things happened. For the most part, played for laughs.

* [[Wisdom ~~From~~ the Gutter]]: While it might seem insane to listen to Sunohara's relationship advice, he does, on occasion, come up with something reasonable.

* [[Wisdom from the Gutter]]: While it might seem insane to listen to Sunohara's relationship advice, he does, on occasion, come up with something reasonable.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: Being the protagonist's best friend wasn't enough for him to play a major role or even appear more than just a few seconds in the later years of ''After Story'', too bad for Tomoya his friend wasn't visible enough to help him face all those family problems.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Being the protagonist's best friend wasn't enough for him to play a major role or even appear more than just a few seconds in the later years of ''After Story'', too bad for Tomoya his friend wasn't visible enough to help him face all those family problems.

** His only known feature during these harsh times is him working at some kind of a driving company.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Has [[Hair of Gold]], but it's dyed. His natural hair color, which we seldom see, is dark, and among the most realistic ones in the series. His "weird" hair is [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by [[Bratty Half-Pint|Fuko]], who calls him Strange Hair Guy.

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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: In one of Tomoya's [[Imagine Spot|Imagine Spots]]. More subtle moments pop up from time to time -- not actually suggesting incest between the two, but with people (sometimes even Mei herself) tricking Youhei by saying, for example, that a cute girl has arrived to visit him. [[The Ditz|Youhei being Youhei]], he always falls for it.

* [[Casting Gag]]: Both her seiyuu and voice actress voiced another [[Genki Girl]] with [[Girlish Pigtails]] in a KeyAni series -- Michiru in ''[[~~AIR (Visual Novel)|~~AIR]]''.

* [[Casting Gag]]: Both her seiyuu and voice actress voiced another [[Genki Girl]] with [[Girlish Pigtails]] in a KeyAni series -- Michiru in ''[[AIR]]''.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

* [[Children Are Innocent]]

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* [[Genki Girl]]: Although, like Sanae, she's a very sweet one. (Not as sweet as Sanae, but [[The Messiah|who is]]?)

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: You'd half expect someone to call her the [[Lyrical Nanoha|White Devil]] now, would you? To the unbelievers, she'd just say, [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni|"Can you believe in it?"]]. Her saying "Onii-chan" is identical to the manner of [[Da Capo|Sakura Yoshino]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: You'd half expect someone to call her the [[Lyrical Nanoha|White Devil]] now, would you? To the unbelievers, she'd just say, [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|"Can you believe in it?"]]. Her saying "Onii-chan" is identical to the manner of [[Da Capo|Sakura Yoshino]].

** In the English dub, you half expect her to [[Utawarerumono|sprout black wings and house the spirit of the True Neutral daughter of a god]].

* [[Morality Pet]]: For her brother.

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* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: {{spoiler|In the [[Grand Finale]]. Blink and you might miss it. ([[Perverse Sexual Lust|Trust us -- you won't want to miss it.]])}}

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: With Youhei.

* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|Played with]] and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] to no end by Mei herself.

* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] to no end by Mei herself.

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Although also [[Children Are Innocent]].

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* [[Hair Antennae]]

* [[Happily Married]]

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Ranma One Half|Kasumi]] and [[Ah! My Goddess ~~(Manga)~~|Belldandy]] at your service.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: [[Ranma One Half|Kasumi]] and [[Ah! My Goddess|Belldandy]] at your service.

* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Observed and [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] to high heaven in episode two of ''After Story''.

** {{spoiler|[[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Afterthe birth of Nagisa's daughter, Ushio, a Hot Shounen ''Grandma''.}}

* [[Hot Teacher]]: During her very brief stint as a teacher. (She was also a teacher long before the series takes place.)

* [[Kawaiiko]]: She's so cute!! [[I'm Taking Her Home ~~With~~ Me|Can I take her home with me...]] Oh wait, Akio is [[Right Behind Me]], right... [[Oh Crap]]...

* [[Kawaiiko]]: She's so cute!! [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me|Can I take her home with me...]] Oh wait, Akio is [[Right Behind Me]], right... [[Oh Crap]]...

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Her bread is lethally bad tasting enough, but whatever you do, please do '''not''' spread [[Mythology Gag|her friend's]] [[Kanon|"ultimate jam"]] over it. Just ''dont.''

* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: The series [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|plays with this trope]], in a (mostly) non-romantic way. Not all that much in season one; far more in ''~After Story~''. Perhaps most intensely -- and most cleverly -- pulled off {{spoiler|in the first half of episode 17, when a quasi-flirtatious Sanae attempts to coax a brutally depressed Tomoya out of his five-year-long [[Heroic BSOD]]. She play-acts the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] role to perfection here. But in episode 18, through Ushio's comments, we see a more damaged side to Sanae, and at the beginning of episode 19, the facade shatters as Sanae finally lets down her guard and allows herself to cry in Akio's arms and mourn for her daughter Nagisa. She's no longer any sort of [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]; she's just a [[The Messiah|deeply loving]] and truly anguished mother.}}

* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: The series [[Playing with a Trope|plays with this trope]], in a (mostly) non-romantic way. Not all that much in season one; far more in ''~After Story~''. Perhaps most intensely -- and most cleverly -- pulled off {{spoiler|in the first half of episode 17, when a quasi-flirtatious Sanae attempts to coax a brutally depressed Tomoya out of his five-year-long [[Heroic BSOD]]. She play-acts the [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]] role to perfection here. But in episode 18, through Ushio's comments, we see a more damaged side to Sanae, and at the beginning of episode 19, the facade shatters as Sanae finally lets down her guard and allows herself to cry in Akio's arms and mourn for her daughter Nagisa. She's no longer any sort of [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]; she's just a [[The Messiah|deeply loving]] and truly anguished mother.}}

* [[The Messiah]]: Even by the standards of this series, which is overflowing with [[The Messiah|messiahs]], Sanae manages to stand out. {{spoiler|This becomes more and more evident as Tomoya sinks deeper and deeper into gloom in the middle third of ''~After Story~''.}} See also [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]].

* [[Older Than They Look]]: She looks about twenty-five, but her daughter Nagisa is eighteen or nineteen. In-universe, people are far more likely to ask if she's Nagisa's sister than if she's her mother. In one episode, while in a [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], she passes herself off as seventeen.

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* [[Hair Antennae]]

* [[Happily Married]]

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: None other than [[Mega Man X ~~(Video Game)~~|Zero]]. (No, not ''[[Code Geass ~~(Anime)~~|that]]'' Zero!) Makes you wonder if he's yelling "'''[[Narm|WHATAMIWORKINGFOOOOOOOOOORRRR!?!?!?!?]]'''" when he found Nagisa near-dead...

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: None other than [[Mega Man X|Zero]]. (No, not ''[[Code Geass|that]]'' Zero!) Makes you wonder if he's yelling "'''[[Narm|WHATAMIWORKINGFOOOOOOOOOORRRR!?!?!?!?]]'''" when he found Nagisa near-dead...

** He's also [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing ~~(Anime)~~|Treize]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED ~~(Anime)~~|Andrew Waltfeld]].

** He's also [[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Treize]] and [[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Andrew Waltfeld]].

** And a [[Miracle Train|Train Station]]!

** Captain Kuchiki Byakuya in ''[[Bleach]]''

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** Which in itself is an [[Actor Allusion]].

* [[Hot Dad]]: {{spoiler|After Ushio's birth, also a Hot Grandpa.}}

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Large Ham]]: {{spoiler|Well, he ''was'' an actor before becoming a baker.}}

* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: Played mostly for comedy. Just over halfway through ''~After Story~'', upon finding out that his daughter Nagisa {{spoiler|is pregnant, Akio is torn between denial -- "A stork brought it. Right?" -- joy at becoming a grandfather, and desire to strangle Tomoya for sleeping with his innocent little girl -- "You ''bastard''! (manages to contort his grimace into a sort of smile) Congratulations!" (Worth noting: this scene represents rather extreme [[Selective Obliviousness]], as it takes place several months after Tomoya and Nagisa have gotten married.)}}

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Shares this with his wife, Sanae. He looks like a handsome thirty -- possibly even younger -- but given that his daughter Nagisa is eighteen or nineteen at the beginning of the series, that's hardly likely.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Definitely. Although not quite as paper thin (nor as successful) as his wife Sanae's disguise.

* [[Pretty Fly for A White Guy]]: Attempts this as part of above-mentioned disguise. Also includes [[Triangle Shades]] to go with his [[Hot-Blooded]] mecha pilot personality.

* [[Pretty Fly for a White Guy]]: Attempts this as part of above-mentioned disguise. Also includes [[Triangle Shades]] to go with his [[Hot-Blooded]] mecha pilot personality.

* [[Running Gag]]: He insults her bread, and she is always right behind him and she says [[Catch Phrase|My bread, my bread...]], she runs out crying he runs out with the bread in his mouth screaming (to the best of his ability) he loves them.

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: All the time. A specific, extreme, and famous example is cited above under [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]].

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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Her first appearance, when she walks into the bakery, has a generic character feel. It isn't until two episodes later, when Toyoma runs into her again, where we realize that brief scene introduced an important character.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: In addition to being a retired art teacher, she is [[Hayate the Combat Butler ~~(Manga)~~|Yukariko Sanzenin]] and [[Kanon|Akiko Minase]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: In addition to being a retired art teacher, she is [[Hayate the Combat Butler|Yukariko Sanzenin]] and [[Kanon|Akiko Minase]].

** Yawara from [[Yawara]], a show not very well known in the West but very very popular in Japan, and not just among otakus.

* [[Happily Married]]

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* [[Genki Girl]]: When she was in high school. Liberally mixed with [[Tsundere]].

* [[Hair Decorations]]: In the [[Flash Back|flashbacks]] to her high school days, she wears a ribbon that looks almost like [[Cat Ears]]. Which is completely appropriate, given who she winds up with at the festival. (Worth noting: that same basic ribbon, with those same implied [[Cat Ears]], turns up on several other girls over the course of the series. But it never looks as thoroughly catlike as it does on her.)

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Aside from Kaname, we have [[Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni|Mion/Shion Sonozaki]], [[Inuyasha|Kagome Higurashi]], and many others.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Aside from Kaname, we have [[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni|Mion/Shion Sonozaki]], [[Inuyasha|Kagome Higurashi]], and many others.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: With {{spoiler|her cat, which was the "Shima [[Punny Name|Katsuki]]" she met and fell in love with in her freshman year. It's less [[Squick|squicktastic]] than it sounds. Trust me.}}

* [[Landlord]]

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* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Probably, although he didn't date her until he was out of school.

* [[Idol Singer]]: A male version. At least before he crashed and burned. He's still worshiped by young [[Cheerful Child|Mei]] -- and also, in a more mature way, by his fiance {{spoiler|and eventual wife}} Kouko Ibuki.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: His persona at work -- gruff but caring. Not really a "jerk," though, except when contrasted with his off-the-job persona as [[The Messiah]].

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: His persona at work -- gruff but caring. Not really a "jerk," though, except when contrasted with his off-the-job persona as [[The Messiah]].

* [[Large Ham]]: In the middle of a baseball game, no less. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[The Messiah]]: Although sometimes a cranky one. Not that he doesn't have good reason to be cranky.

* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Has a lot of elements of this, especially in the eyes of (some of) the characters. (A notable exception is Misae, who dislikes him and can't stand the attention he draws.) Nearly always played for laughs rather than drama.

* [[Nice Guy]]

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock ~~And~~ Roll]]: Developed a heroin habit during his [[Creator Breakdown]].

* [[Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll]]: Developed a heroin habit during his [[Creator Breakdown]].

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* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Confused the hell out of Tomoya until he told him his decidedly masculine name.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: It's hard to imagine Kappei failing at menial jobs when you know that his [[Seiyuu]] also voices [[Hayate the Combat Butler ~~(Manga)~~|Hayate Ayasaki]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: It's hard to imagine Kappei failing at menial jobs when you know that his [[Seiyuu]] also voices [[Hayate the Combat Butler|Hayate Ayasaki]].

* [[Homoerotic Subtext]]: Quite a bit of this with Tomoya, making him rather uneasy. It mostly dissolves when Kappei starts {{spoiler|going out with Ryou}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Ill Boy]]: He has life-threatening cancer.}}

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* [[Generation Xerox]]: Physically, she's exactly like her mother, except she has no Furukawa‎-clan [[Hair Antennae]] -- after all, technically she's an Okazaki. She is also unusually well-mannered, loves the Big Dango Family and also loves playing with the dango plushies. She is also an...

* [[Ill Girl]]: She takes after her mother in this regard. {{spoiler|At least in the reality where both she and Nagisa die. In the reality where everyone lives, Tomoya outright states that Ushio is quite healthy}}.

* [[Raised By Grandparents]]: {{spoiler|Until Tomoya takes her in.}}

* [[Raised by Grandparents]]: {{spoiler|Until Tomoya takes her in.}}

* [[Rule of Cute]]: How she talks and acts. She also behaves well for a 5-year old.

* [[Rule of Drama]]: Although she's 5 years old, she makes sure to not ruin dramatic moments.

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* [[Cheerful Child]]: See [[Genki Girl]].

* [[Genki Girl]]: A mild example. But she's pretty cheerful, under the (grim) circumstances.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Above everything, she is [[Kanon|Sayuri Kurata]]. Oh, and [[AIR ~~(Visual Novel)~~|Misuzu Kamio]], which is extremely fitting.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!|Hey, It's That Voice]]: Above everything, she is [[Kanon|Sayuri Kurata]]. Oh, and [[AIR|Misuzu Kamio]], which is extremely fitting.

* [[Identity Amnesia]]

* [[Woman in White]]